diff --git a/startkde/plasma-sourceenv.sh b/startkde/plasma-sourceenv.sh
index b8a50aa0d..4a00f15f4 100644
--- a/startkde/plasma-sourceenv.sh
+++ b/startkde/plasma-sourceenv.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 for i in $@
 do
     . $i >/dev/null
 done
 
-env -0
+# env may not support -0, fall back to GNU env
+env -0 2>/dev/null || genv -0